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Alonso's Shanghai 'surprise'
Fernando Alonso says it was a "nice surprise" to finish on the podium in Sunday's Shanghai grand prix.
Such has been Ferrari's trying start to this season and dismal pace in Bahrain that in the build-up to this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix they parted ways with team boss Stefano Domenicali.
But whether that had any influence on the weekend's race and result is up for debate.
What is fact is that Alonso qualified fifth and raced to third place, securing Ferrari's first podium of the Championship.
The double World Champion overhauled the Red Bulls and put in several personal best lap times late in the race to hold off Daniel Ricciardo.
The Spaniard said: "It was a good...
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